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More than 1.7 million pilgrims started the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday by circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca —Islam's holiest site— and performing a series of rites that…

The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer reached out to them during the 2016 presidential campaign, seeking help for a business project in Russia.

An investigation has been launched into air raids targeting a Taliban base that resulted in the deaths of at least 13 civilians, including women and children, in the western province of Herat,…

Qatar’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that his country was willing to negotiate an end to a diplomatic rift in the Persian Gulf Arab states but had seen no sign that Saudi Arabia and other…

Jordan will open its main border crossing with Iraq on Wednesday for the first time since 2015, now that Iraqi forces have gained control of the main highway to Baghdad from the self-styled…

At least 13 people were killed and one seriously injured Wednesday when a Saudi airstrike hit a security checkpoint near Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, causing an oil tanker to explode, Houthi…

Spain’s prime minister challenged lawmakers to table a no confidence vote in his government as he answered questions over alleged illegal financing of his conservative People’s Party.

Opposition politicians in Germany have called for the removal of US nuclear weapons from the country.

Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has backed a pledge by SPD party leader…

The United Nations’ top human rights official said on Wednesday that derogatory remarks by US President Donald Trump about journalists could amount to incitement and embolden followers to attack…

UN chief Antonio Guterres called for the blockade of the Gaza Strip to be lifted Wednesday as he visited the Palestinian enclave enduring “one of the most dramatic humanitarian crises” he had…

The leaders of Germany and France said on Tuesday they are ready to press ahead with deeper European integration, promising a tighter eurozone at the core of the European Union shaken by Britain…

In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The…

Leaders of the Houthi group and loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, allies in Yemen’s civil war, said on Tuesday they had agreed to ease tensions between them after three people…

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday said Turkey was fully to blame for the breakdown of its EU accession talks and warned Ankara was fast withdrawing from Europe.

President Donald Trump is unlikely to win congressional support for funds he wants for a proposed US-Mexico border wall before an Oct. 1 deadline, meaning he may have to choose between backing…

An Iraqi military spokesman says the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group militants are putting up tough resistance in a small area outside the newly liberate town of Tal Afar. The…

Satellite data accessed by a rights body shows widespread fires burning in at least 10 areas in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, following a military crackdown on the country’s Muslim Rohingya…

At least five people died and nine have been injured in a suicide bomb explosion outside a bank in the Afghan capital. The blast happened near the heavily protected US Embassy compound.

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Israel’s prime minister says he will never uproot any West Bank settlement —remarks that infuriate the Palestinians at a time when the United States is trying to revive peace talks.

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Houston is facing worsening historic flooding in the coming days as Tropical Storm Harvey dumps more rain on the city, swelling rivers to record levels and forcing federal engineers on Monday to…

India and China have agreed to an “expeditious disengagement” of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in a stand-off for more than two months, India’s Foreign…

Top German lawmakers have urged the EU to halt aid payments to Turkey and halt talks on a new customs union deal. The calls come as Berlin has revealed details of another German national…

A car bombing has struck a busy market area in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people, Iraqi officials say. The explosives-laden car went off at the wholesale Jamila market in Baghdad’s…

Mark Cuban isn’t ready to launch a formal campaign to challenge President Donald Trump.

Yet Cuban, an outspoken Texas billionaire who describes himself as “fiercely independent”…

The last US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, believes the recent gains achieved by the Syrian army —with the support of Russia and Iran— would mean the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has in…